Robot Operator and Technician

Robot Operator and Technician

Location: Lab/ Field Sites, Singapore

Team: Operations & Data Collection

Type: Full-Time

The Role

We're hiring full-time Robot Operators cum Technicians to power our real-world data operations. You'll operate at the frontier where AI meets reality — capturing high-value manipulation and interaction data that trains frontier world and robotics models.

You'll work across two modes:

• Teleoperation Mode: Control robot and robotic arms to perform real-world manipulation tasks while capturing synchronized robot data for embodied AI training.
• Egocentric Mode: Wear a VR headset and perform similar physical tasks using your own hands to capture high-fidelity, human-centric data.

Between sessions, you'll also maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot the robotic systems and sensors that make this large-scale data collection possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Robot Teleoperation & Data Collection

• Operate robotic arms and grippers through teleoperation systems to perform manipulation tasks such as picking, placing, assembling, sorting, or tool handling

• Capture synchronized robot-centric data (joint states, sensor feedback, camera feeds, gripper signals) during teleoperation sessions
• Ensure safety, accuracy, and repeatability across repeated trials and environments
• Monitor robot behavior and log operational outcomes, anomalies, and recovery data
• Collaborate with the engineering team to optimize teleoperation latency, control response, and data capture quality
• Maintain organized metadata logs (object type, tool, environment, success/failure outcome)

• Egocentric Data Collection

• Wear a VR headset to perform diverse real-world tasks (e.g., pick-and-place, open/close containers, use tools, sort, and assemble objects)

• Capture first-person (egocentric) visual and sensor data for pretraining and multimodal learning
• Follow task scripts and protocols to ensure consistency across environments and conditions
• Review and annotate data captured

• Robot Maintenance & Lab Support

• Conduct mechanical and electrical maintenance on robots, robot arms, grippers, and sensors

• Assist in setting up new robot workcells: mechanical mounting, cabling, calibration, and safety verification
• Troubleshoot connectivity and hardware issues
• Keep the workspace organized and ensure compliance with safety standards

Requirements

• Diploma or above in Mechatronics, Robotics, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Hands-on experience with robotic arms, teleoperation systems, or automation equipment
• Comfortable working with tools, sensors, and mechanical fixtures
• Strong hand–eye coordination, spatial reasoning, and attention to detail
• Physically capable of performing manual manipulation tasks and wearing a VR headset for extended sessions
• Methodical, safety-conscious, and motivated to work in a fast-paced, experimental environment

Preferred Experience

• Basic knowledge of ROS / ROS 2, Linux (Ubuntu), and hardware communication (CAN bus, serial, Ethernet)
• Experience in robot data collection, motion capture, or human-in-the-loop control
• Familiarity with AI / robotics research pipelines or foundation-model training
• Competence in debugging sensors, cameras, or actuator control systems
• Understanding of synchronization and calibration across multi-sensor setups

Work Environment

• Hybrid of lab-based and onsite workplace operations across industrial, office, and service environments
• Requires wearing a VR headset for egocentric sessions (a few hours per session)

Why Join Cortex

• Work directly on the frontier of physical AI — where human action and robotic intelligence converge
• Your data will train world and robotics foundation models used by leading labs and companies
• Collaborate with a team of high energy and enthusiastic engineers and roboticists
• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art teleoperation rigs, VR capture systems and multi-sensor robots
• Clear growth path into robot operations leadership, integration, or research engineering

How to Apply

Send your CV and any robotics or VR project videos to

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